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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.58,0:00:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teach me to dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.42,0:00:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you say... dance?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.80,0:00:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, my boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.32,0:01:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,System Fail
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.12,0:01:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh hello, welcome to System Fail,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.99,0:01:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the show where the past casts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.62,0:01:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its long shadow upon the present .
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.58,0:01:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Big fat Greek citizenship!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.71,0:01:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are now citizens of Greece.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.34,0:01:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you feel being a citizen?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.50,0:01:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, as long as I don't have
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.76,0:01:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve in the army.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.67,0:01:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I have to serve in the army?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.97,0:01:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...in the army?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.89,0:01:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah! Something bit me!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.54,0:02:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wilson!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.37,0:02:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Dee DOS
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.83,0:02:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's often said that Greece
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.46,0:02:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the birthplace of democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.17,0:02:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Democracy was invented
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.34,0:02:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the ancient Greeks, so was the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.00,0:02:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being a citizen with the right to vote
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.13,0:02:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Overrated.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.76,0:02:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Malaka!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.13,0:02:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to this day, the Mediterranean nation \Ncontinues to serve as a laboratory
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.47,0:02:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for new methods of social control.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.51,0:02:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the past decade, Greece has \Nfound itself on the frontline
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.23,0:02:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of multiple crises converging \Non the European subcontinent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.56,0:02:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the liberal democracies \Nof the so-called West.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.06,0:02:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Greek crisis began in late 2009...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.32,0:02:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- 25% contraction in the economy...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.57,0:02:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- limits on bank transfers \Nand daily cash withdrawals...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.49,0:02:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- suicide rates increased dramatically...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.79,0:02:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The biggest migrant crisis \NEurope has faced since the Second World War
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.08,0:02:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hitting the country which is\Nleast equipped to deal with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.67,0:02:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The referendum to vote \N'yes to Europe' or 'no to austerity.'
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.01,0:02:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many members of Tsipras' left-wing \NSyriza party see it as a betrayal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.64,0:03:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These crises and their prescribed solutions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.43,0:03:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken a significant
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.93,0:03:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toll on the Greek population.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.94,0:03:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In July of 2019,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.19,0:03:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greek citizens expressed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.73,0:03:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their disillusionment with \Nthe broken promise of Syriza
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.36,0:03:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,selecting the far-right Néa Dimokratía\Nor New Democracy into power
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.24,0:03:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a significant parliamentary majority.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.66,0:03:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The country's current Prime Minister, \NKyriakos Mitsotakis.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.12,0:03:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Comes from a multigenerational political dynasty.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.00,0:03:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the son of the former Prime Minister \NKonstantinos Mitsotakis.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.05,0:03:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mitsotakis ran his campaign \Non a law and order platform
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.05,0:03:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,promising to take Greece back from\Nts famously combative anarchist movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.40,0:03:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once in power, he quickly sought \Nto make good on that promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.61,0:04:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Athens, Mitsotakis launched a direct attack\Non the anarchist stronghold of Exarchia.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.99,0:04:09.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Evicting a number of long term squats, \Nbeginning with those housing refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.42,0:04:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was aided in this campaign by his nephew, \NKostas Bakoyannis, the newly-installed mayor of Athens.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.72,0:04:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his so-called Minister of Citizens Protection \NMichalis Chrysohoidis
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.18,0:04:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- a longtime foe of Greece's anarchist movement
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.98,0:04:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who survived an assassination attempt in 2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.24,0:04:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the year and a half that has followed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.53,0:04:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More squats and anarchist spaces \Nhave been raided elsewhere in Athens
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.49,0:04:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as in Thessaloniki
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.37,0:04:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Chania, on the island of Crete.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.84,0:05:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This repression has only increased \Nsince the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.56,0:05:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New Democracy has cynically \Nused the public health crisis
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.14,0:05:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an excuse to impose a wide-ranging\Nstate of exception upon greek society.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.32,0:05:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has included an expansion of state powers\Nunder the guise of public safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.74,0:05:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along with some of the most punishing \Nlockdown conditions in all of Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.12,0:05:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With schools closed, Mitzotakis has moved
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.09,0:05:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forward with plans to develop \Na new university police force.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.30,0:05:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Building on earlier efforts to revoke \Nthe so-called University Asylum Law.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.97,0:05:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which had long barred police \Nand security forces from University campuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.31,0:05:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The asylum law was originally implemented \Nin response to the 1973 massacre of dozens of students
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.94,0:06:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Athens Polytechnic
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.40,0:06:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Greek military junta
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.11,0:06:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was widely understood as \Na symbol of the country's transition
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.74,0:06:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from dictatorship to democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.70,0:06:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greece has now been under\Nfull lockdown since November,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.25,0:06:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the exception of a month-long\Neasing of conditions in December
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.05,0:06:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to allow for Christmas shopping.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.30,0:06:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The current lockdown order includes\Na strict ban on public protests of any kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.72,0:06:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone leaving their house for one of\Nthe six officially approved justifications
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.10,0:06:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to first text the state for permission
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.61,0:06:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then show their confirmation \Nto police when stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.87,0:06:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On top of this pass system, \Nthere's also a nationwide curfew in place.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.38,0:07:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which has been rigorously enforced\Nin working-class, Roma, and immigrant neighborhoods.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.88,0:07:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From November to March 22nd, \Nthe curfew was 7:00 PM.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.88,0:07:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is since being extended to 9.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.72,0:07:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♫ Screamin’ Fuck Curfew!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.68,0:07:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fuck a Curfew!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.64,0:07:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What the world comin to? What it comin to?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.06,0:07:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Screaming fuck curfew ♫
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.48,0:07:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fuck You.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.86,0:07:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amidst this backdrop of simmering social tensions,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.86,0:07:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,several events have combined to produce a wave of outrage\Nthat has swept across Greek society.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.95,0:07:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first has been a series of\Nhigh profile sexual assault scandals
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.37,0:07:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been aptly described\Nas the Greek Me Too, movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.72,0:07:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This long overdue reckoning began on January 20th, \Nwhen former Olympic gold medalist Sofia Bekatorou
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.56,0:07:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shared her experiences of being sexually assaulted \Nby her former coach Aristidis Adamopoulos.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.100,0:08:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This scandal soon spread to\NGreece's political and cultural elite.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.62,0:08:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a steady stream of actors began coming forward\Nto announce that they'd been sexually assaulted
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.46,0:08:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the director of Greece's National Theatre, \NDimitris Lignadis
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.51,0:08:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- a man with direct ties to the Mitsotakis family
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.47,0:08:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other prominent members of the Greek ruling classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.89,0:08:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several of these actors had been\Nchildren when Lignadis raped them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.24,0:08:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took two weeks after the allegations\Nwere made public for Lignadis to be arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.29,0:09:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ample time for him to destroy any \Nincriminating evidence in his possession.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.83,0:09:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Greek mainstream media, \Nwhich is almost entirely
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.04,0:09:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,owned and operated by fawning supporters\Nof Mitsotakis and a New Democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.09,0:09:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tried their best to bury the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.43,0:09:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when that failed, they turned to \Nattacking the credibility of the accusers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.86,0:09:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sleazy and clumsy attempt at a cover up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.86,0:09:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provoked a massive backlash in popular opinion,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.95,0:09:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading to a growing crisis of legitimacy \Nfor the media and the New Democracy regime.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.91,0:09:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As this was all unfolding, fury was also growing over
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.42,0:09:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government's handling of a hunger strike
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.58,0:09:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,launched by political prisoner, \NDimitris Koufodinas on January 8th.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.05,0:09:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Following his transfer to \Nthe high-security Domokos Prison
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.51,0:09:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in violation of Greek law \Nand the terms of his sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.43,0:10:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Koufodinas is considered the \Nprimary executioner of the 17th of November.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.77,0:10:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An armed Marxist group named after the date \Nof the 1973 massacre at the Athens Polytechnic.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.94,0:10:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The group was active from 1975 to 2002.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.37,0:10:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During this time they carried out a series of \Nassassinations, bombings, and attacks against Greek banks,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.91,0:10:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,politicians and businessmen, \Nformer officials of the military dictatorship
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.71,0:10:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and American, Turkish, and British interests.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.05,0:10:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's well known that Mitsotakis \Nand his entire family hate Koufodinas.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.39,0:10:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in 1989, he assassinated \NMitsotakis’ brother-in-law,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.39,0:10:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the father of the current \Nmayor of Athens, Pavlos Bakoyannis.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.61,0:11:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among the group’s other victims \Nwere Athens CIA station chief, Richard Welch.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.16,0:11:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time that any CIA station chief \Nin the world had been assassinated.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.54,0:11:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a number of prominent members of the Greek military junta\Nincluding its primary torturer, Evangelos Mallios.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.92,0:11:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unsurprisingly, the 17th of November was declared \Na terrorist organization by the US State Department
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.14,0:11:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a number of other governments.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.93,0:11:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The United States does not negotiate with terrorists. \NIts been our bedrock principle for 25 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.10,0:11:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nevertheless, the group has long enjoyed a considerable level \Nof popular support - particularly from the Greek left.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.49,0:11:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon after announcing his hunger strike, \NKoufontinas was joined by high profile
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.08,0:11:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchist prisoners, \NNikos Maziotis of Revolutionary Struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.29,0:11:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giannis Dimitrakis,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.96,0:11:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Polykarpos Georgiadis
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.13,0:11:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Vaggelis Stathopoylos
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.42,0:11:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who all coordinated limited hunger strikes in solidarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.47,0:12:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the days and weeks dragged on
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.48,0:12:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it became clear that Mitsotakis \Nwas happy to let Koufontinas starve to death.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.24,0:12:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Demonstrations, international solidarity actions, \Nand clandestine attacks began to pick up steam.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.41,0:12:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within this context, on March 7th \Npolice were filmed beating
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.42,0:12:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a peaceful student in the neighborhood of Nea Smirni.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.93,0:12:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The incident wasn't reported on by Greek media,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.81,0:12:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it went viral on social media
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.85,0:12:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where more and more people \Nwere now turning for their news.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.48,0:12:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchists called a demo for the evening of March 9th.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.40,0:12:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5000 people responded to this call.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.65,0:13:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kicking off some of the most intense rioting \Nthat Greece has seen in years.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.51,0:13:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the midst of the chaos,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.97,0:13:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a member of Greece is notoriously brutal Delta Squad \Nwas dragged from his motorcycle
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.97,0:13:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and savagely beaten by an angry mob.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.98,0:13:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next night, two anarchists \Nwere snatched off the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.40,0:13:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black bagged, \Nand taken to the Attica General Police Directorate
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.44,0:13:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the Central Police Headquarters in Athens -\Nwhere they were viciously tortured.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.30,0:14:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On March 14th, after 66 days and at death's door,\NKoufontinas called off his hunger strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.06,0:14:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since then, the pace of demonstrations \Nand attacks has slowed down.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.02,0:14:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the situation in Greece is still quite dynamic,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.36,0:14:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a palpable sense \Nthat things could kick back off at any moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.76,0:14:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to get a better understanding \Nabout the situation, I recently sat down
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.55,0:14:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Athens based Anarchist \Nand member of the Void Network, Tasos Sagris.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.22,0:14:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey Tasos How's it going?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.44,0:14:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personally, I'm closed in the house for a long time now
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.44,0:15:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are not allowed to work because \NI work as a theater director, so the theaters are closed.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.44,0:15:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are in the process of playing the Metamorphosis \Nby Franz Kafka... and we are not allowed to play it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.49,0:15:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That all sounds pretty Kafkaesque.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.08,0:15:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could you briefly explain the context for \Nthe hunger strike waged by Koufontinas and why their struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.96,0:15:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has resonated with many anarchists in Greece?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.46,0:15:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 17th of November is a group of ultra-left \Nthat appeared after the dictatorship of '74.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.22,0:15:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not anarchists, so for us \Nit's not a strictly political solidarity,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.85,0:15:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is mainly like \Na human solidarity towards a prisoner.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.35,0:15:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a political prisoner, the last tool \Nto attack the state is the hunger strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.44,0:15:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in that way, he used the final tool to \Nattack the state and to expose their state brutality.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.78,0:15:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this attracted a solidarity movement \Nthat came from the anarchists,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.45,0:15:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also from the leftists.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.70,0:16:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These small demonstrations, in the beginning, \Nwere attacked very brutally by the police.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.04,0:16:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, slowly slowly, more and more \Npeople were coming to the demonstrations.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.92,0:16:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this situation attracted the focus of the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.55,0:16:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made visible the situation in the prisons \Nand the situation of the political prisoners.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.93,0:16:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So no matter if he's a comrade or not, for us the most important \Nthing is that he started a struggle against the state,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.36,0:16:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he succeeded somehow, to expose the state brutality.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.27,0:16:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New democracy has now been waging a concerted war on Greece's \Nanarchist movement for the better part of two years now.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.74,0:16:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How has this affected the character of the social war in Greece, \Nand what effect has this had on comrades there?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.70,0:16:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First we have to understand: \NWhat is New Democracy, as a political party, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.04,0:16:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New Democracy was a political party created \Nfrom the right wing after the dictatorship in '74.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.55,0:16:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The creator, Konstantinos Karamanlis, \Nsucceeded to unite in the same political party,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.30,0:16:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the main core of the party \N(he was a part of it also)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.72,0:17:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the populistic right, and also \Nthe liberals - the neoliberals of that time -
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.69,0:17:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also the patriotic right.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.36,0:17:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have to understand... \Nin Greece we have a peculiar situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.03,0:17:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, for example, in France the bourgeoisie \Ntells you to vote for Macron,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.41,0:17:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because otherwise Le Pen \Nwill come into the government.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.49,0:17:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, Macron and Le Pen \Nare in the same political party.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.08,0:17:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when this party is united, it's very difficult to fight back\Nbecause all the elements of the right wing are united.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.96,0:17:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference is that it is the first time in Greece \Nthat the neoliberal side of this party is governing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.97,0:17:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are affiliated with the far right \N- the patriotic side of the party.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.77,0:17:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This produces a very difficult \Nsituation for the anarchists,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.23,0:17:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because for the first time we have \Na very strong neoliberal and neo-fascist government
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.61,0:17:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting the anarchists \N- without the existence of people in the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.57,0:17:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without being in a period of \Nsocial uprising or social movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.24,0:18:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New Democracy attacks our social centres; attacks our squats; \Nattacks the squares; attacks public space.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.71,0:18:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the same time, \Nthis New Democracy government
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.13,0:18:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes advantage of the lockdown\Nto change the law about work,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.88,0:18:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change the law about syndicates [unions],
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.05,0:18:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change the law about \Nhow you start a general strike,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.80,0:18:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change the law about how you \Norganize demonstration in the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.39,0:18:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some demonstrations \Ntogether with the left - with the ultra left -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.90,0:18:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had some big demonstrations. \NAnd I hope that they will be stronger and bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.82,0:18:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the general society is feeling scared because of COVID.\NSo it's not like a normal situation, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.20,0:18:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the worst-case scenario government, \Nenforcing the worst case measures and laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.87,0:18:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a period where the people feel afraid to be \Nin the streets and to mobilize and to demonstrate.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.84,0:18:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are your thoughts on Mitsotakis' repeal of the University Asylum Law \Nand his plans to implement a new University police force?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.01,0:18:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The law that we had in Greece
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.39,0:19:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that there was an asylum against the police. \NThat the police could not go inside the universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.48,0:19:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And first they destroyed this law.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.69,0:19:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The police now have the right to come into the university
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.06,0:19:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there is criminal activity or something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.65,0:19:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now they've gone further, and established a \Npermanent presence of the police inside the universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.66,0:19:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the first European country that we will have police \N- official police - inside the universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.33,0:19:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This gives the right to the riot police to go fight \Nagainst the students inside the universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.00,0:19:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the next weeks we will have\Nan intensification of this struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.76,0:19:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are expecting like the revolt of the students.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.72,0:19:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This measure also doesn’t have the support of \Nthe teachers and the presidents of the universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.43,0:19:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the presidents and the teachers understand\Nthat the the permanent existence of the police
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.27,0:19:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside the universities produces \Na chaotic situation every moment of every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.98,0:19:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you can have riots or fights between \Nthe students and the police inside the universities every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.40,0:20:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this destroys the educational process.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.16,0:20:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if we're going to succeed, you know, \Nto defend the universities as public spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.45,0:20:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is a main struggle that will \Ntake place over the next year in Greece.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.25,0:20:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also very important to us\Nto defend anarchist groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.13,0:20:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also the spaces of \Nanarchist groups inside the universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.01,0:20:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are areas of struggle, and of course they will be the first \Ntarget of the presence of the police inside the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.64,0:20:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything else you'd like to add?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.40,0:20:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I Think that we've come to a point where \Nthe social crisis is so strong all around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.57,0:20:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that somehow we have to find an anarchist way to unite.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.44,0:20:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as long as we stay in our small circles \Nwith only people that we agree with,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.74,0:20:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not possible to produce anarchist revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.04,0:20:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if our planet is to produce global emancipation - and \Nto produce conditions of social revolt and social revolution -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.30,0:20:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that we have to produce parallel movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.34,0:21:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that we have to end the dogmatism,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.80,0:21:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have to end the sectarianism and to find ways to coordinate. \NTo produce situations of resonance of the movement, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.49,0:21:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also coordination. And to respect \Nthe difference of the methodologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.61,0:21:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To come to a point where we sincerely feel comradeship with \Nanarchists who don't have the same methodologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.90,0:21:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that the big moment for anarchists is now. \NBecause all around the world people face the same problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.87,0:21:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neoliberalism is a global movement that fights against the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.92,0:21:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the people need to coordinate \Nand organize to fight against the state and capital.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.42,0:21:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the anarchists, they are crucial in this struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.64,0:21:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we've mobilized for two hundred years now, okay? \NWe've had analysis for two hundred years now.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.10,0:21:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After May of 68, the anarchist movement \Nhas become stronger, year after year.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.81,0:22:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now it's come to the point to say \Nwhat we're gonna do with our disagreements.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.94,0:22:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This I have to add. We have to find \Nan anarchist way to solve our disagreements.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.45,0:22:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much and I hope we will\Nmeet soon at the barricades. Here and wherever.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.71,0:22:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks Tasos.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.08,0:22:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've now reached the end \Nof this episode of System Fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.04,0:22:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can catch the full interview with Tasos \Non an upcoming episode of the Circle A podcast,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.14,0:22:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and check out some of his writings at \Nthe Void Network's website: VOIDNETWORK.GR
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